COVID test in Newborn | When and How? I Dr. Arjun S K

We need to do covid tests in the newborn also. If the mother is tested positive or suspected to have covid then we need to do the covid tests in the newborn. The second scenario is when there is a cluster outbreak. That means any body in the family or anybody staying with the baby got infected thrid is when the mothers covid status is unknown and suddenly the newborn comes to the NICU, with few symptoms like hurried breathing, fever. So in these cases we need to tests for COIVID. So the re is a gold standard test, what we do is RTPCR . the tests includes the nasal or the oral swab. So we take 24 or 48 hours after birth and we do the test.